Michael comes across as a friendly personality. His bold and confident voice impresses Timothy, the marketing manager of Goldwyn Inc., during an interview. Owing to these attributes, Timothy hires him assuming that he will be a hard-working and smart employee. Timothy's assumption is a result of the _____.
A) mood contagion error
B) Machiavellian effect
C) halo effect
D) fundamental attribution error
E) projection effect

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Timothy's assumption is a result of the halo effect, which occurs when an individual's positive impression of someone in one area leads to an overall positive evaluation of that person. In this case, Michael's friendly personality and confident voice led Timothy to assume that he will be a hard-working and smart employee, even though he may not have evidence to support that assumption.

Michael Comes Across as a Friendly Personality